Thomas stokoe usher



N0. 6|l,423. Patented Sept. 27, I898.

T. S. USHER.

BOX HINGE.

pplication filed Oct. 22, 1897 (No Model.)

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llNrTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS STOKOEZUSHER, OF BRANTFORD, CANADA.

BOX-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6l1, 4=23,dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed October 22, 1897.

To all whom 7125 may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SroxoE USHER, of Brantford, in the county of Brant, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Hinge-Joints; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my hinge-joint applied to a door or lid. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on line at 00. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the hinge sections or cylinders detached from the door or lid, and Fig. 4 is a My invention has for its object to. make a pi'ntleless hinge joint adapted for knockdown boxes, collapsible crates, doors, chests, and other wooden structures, which joint may be applied in a continuous manner to the entire length of the parts to be hinged.

My invention consists of ahinge-joint made up of cylinders of wood having a connecting protuberance or pin at one end'and a corresponding indentation or hole at the other end, said cylinders placed end to end, whereby the protuberance at one end will enter the indentation of the next cylinder, said cylinders nailed to a jamb and door or to a box and lid alternately, the meeting angles of said door Serial No. 656,001. on) model.)

and jamb or box or lid provided with a rounded groove to seat the cylinders placed therein previous to nailing.

A represents a portion of a box or a doorjamb, and B the lid or door, the meeting angles thereof provided with a rounded straight groove 0.

D D are a series of Wooden cylinders having a protuberance or pin D at one end and an indentation or hole D at the other end to join the cylinders axially or endwise when placed in said grooves and alternately secured by nails E or glued to a door and a jamb or to a box and its lid, so that the cylinders will be free to move frictionally on the axis formed by the pins D and holes D whereby the door, lid, 850., can be opened and closed as by an ordinary metallic hinge, said cylinders, if desired, forming a continuous hinge from the bottom to the top of the door or along the whole length of the lid or other joint.

I claim as my invention- A hinge-joint comprising a series of cylinders connected pivotally at the ends and fastened alternately to the parts to be hinged, asset forth.

THOMAS STOKOE USHER.

Witnesses:

E. SWEET, O. THOMAS. 

